stir up the animals
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause public discontent or controversy.
Example Sentences
- "He styled himself both a Prohibition-flouting "Baltimoron" and "an incurable snob," the voice of "the intelligent minority" determined "to stir up the animals.""
- "The Japanese were often skittish about elections: they wanted to control who they got as top administrators and feared elections might stir up the animals."